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Supplemental 5. Army Organization

September 20, 2020 • Dylan Kornberg

Instead of plowing ahead with the narrative, for the next couple weeks we're going to pull back and examine some fundamental concepts of military organization and practice. In this episode, we examine the unit structure and rank hierarchy of the Armies of the First World War.

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Sources

Steuben, Baron von. Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States. Boston: Thomas and Andrews, 1792.

Boff, Jonathan. Military Structures and Ranks. British Museum, 2014. https://www.bl.uk/world-war-one/articles/military-structures-and-ranks

Columbia University. The Organization of Armies. https://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/services/dropoff/schilling/mil_org/milorgan_99.html

Kast, Bernhard. British Infantry Division 1914/1916 – Visualization, Organization, & Structure. Youtube.com. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5Clh5C38Eg&list=PLv0uEimc-uN-PxBv8vwDDysUnrcnM_i93&index=10

Kast, Bernhard. German Infantry Division 1914/1918 – Visualization, Organization, & Structure. Youtube.com. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3vTCOfKg0Y&list=PLv0uEimc-uN-PxBv8vwDDysUnrcnM_i93&index=9

WorldWar1.com. The Organization of the German Army, August 1914. http://www.worldwar1.com/sfgarmy.htm

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